Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Barn and cowhouse at Pen-y-meini
Llanfihangel-y-Pennant, Gwynedd, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 10 April 2000
- Locality
- Llanfihangel-y-Pennant
- Town
- Tywyn
- Community
- Llanfihangel-y-Pennant
- Unitary authority
- Gwynedd
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 52.66100, -3.98645
- Cadw reference
- 23197
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1795 "To Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn Bart ... the map of the six counties of North Wales is most humbly inscribed by his obedient humble servant" (Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru – The National Library of Wales).
Cadw's description
Location
Pen-y-meini farm stands beside the road running NW from Abergynolwyn, at the foot of the Nant Caw valley. The farmhouse looks S over the farmyard which has two early farm buildings, the cowhouse running E-W.
History
Probably built in the C17 as part of a farm which underwent reconstruction at that time.
Exterior
The building comprises a barn in the western 4 bays, and a calf-house with granary over in the E bay. It is constructed with heavy rubble and boulders with some galletting, and an old slate roof between boulder-coped gables. Four bays, on the S side a cart entrance with a timber lintel in the second bay, and windows to the bay to the E. The Eastern end bay is floored, and the granary on the upper floor is reached by an external stone stair to a boarded door. The calf-house has an enlarged door with a low lintel to the yard. A later slated lean-to at the rear of the 2 eastern bays now contains a garage, with boarded glazed doors at the E end.
Interior
Three trusses, of which one is of a devolved raised cruck type, with tie beams, one removed, and straight high-set collars.
Reason for designation
Included as a boulder-built farmbuilding of vernacular character characteristic of the area, and part of a group of two early farm buildings, associated with a C17 remodelling of the farm at Pen-y-meini.
Nearby in the register
- Farm building at Pen-y-MeiniAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Pigsty group at Nant-Caw-fawrAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
- Nant-Caw-fawrDomesticunder 1 mi
- Farm building at Ty'n-y-brynAgriculture and Subsistenceunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.